Police Complaints
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) was created in 2004 - in response to public concern about the police investigating complaints themselves.
The creation of a new, indepenedent body to carry out this task (in England and Wales) was widely welcomed at the time - right across the political spectrum - and among community groups who regularly deal with the police.
Strict rules govern the work of the IPCC and public statements should only be made - when information has been independently checked and verified - which is makes obvious sense.
So quite why some folks expected a running commentary from the IPCC - in the wake of the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan in Tottenham last week - is beyond me.
And probably beyond many other people as well.
Because these investigations inevitably take time - particularly if there are forensic scientists and complex tests involved.
What we do know is that a young man travelling in a taxi was about to be arrested by the police - who fired two shots, one of which killed Mark Duggan - and that an illegal, loaded handgun was found in the car.
Mark Duggan can't speak, sadly - and the statements of the taxi driver and police officers are confidential at this stage - presumably for reasons to do with the ongoing investigation.
While the family's grief is understandable - none of what has happened so far is an excuse to instigate the kind of trouble that erupted in Tottenham - last Saturday night.
The creation of a new, indepenedent body to carry out this task (in England and Wales) was widely welcomed at the time - right across the political spectrum - and among community groups who regularly deal with the police.
Strict rules govern the work of the IPCC and public statements should only be made - when information has been independently checked and verified - which is makes obvious sense.
So quite why some folks expected a running commentary from the IPCC - in the wake of the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan in Tottenham last week - is beyond me.
And probably beyond many other people as well.
Because these investigations inevitably take time - particularly if there are forensic scientists and complex tests involved.
What we do know is that a young man travelling in a taxi was about to be arrested by the police - who fired two shots, one of which killed Mark Duggan - and that an illegal, loaded handgun was found in the car.
Mark Duggan can't speak, sadly - and the statements of the taxi driver and police officers are confidential at this stage - presumably for reasons to do with the ongoing investigation.
While the family's grief is understandable - none of what has happened so far is an excuse to instigate the kind of trouble that erupted in Tottenham - last Saturday night.
